December 15 (Moscow, Russia) – Zach Bell rode to a strong 9th place finish in the individual pursuit in this morning’s session at the second World Cup of the season. His time of 4.32.94 was just within ten seconds of winner, perennial British strongman Rob Hayles, and only slightly off Bell’s own national record set in Manchester last year.

Bell rode consistently stronger in his ride, clocking only the 17th fastest halfway split, before mounting a charge that saw him move from 14th to 9th in the last kilometer.

Lizandra Guerra of Cuba, won the women’s sprint qualifications with a time of 10.84, and proceeded to win each successive round on her way to the final.

Men’s keirin action is also under way, and the main favorites, Matthew Campton (Gbr), Mickaël Bourgain (Fra), and Australian enfant terrible Mark French, have all proceeded to the next round.

German Michael Seidenbecher convincingly won the kilometer time trial by nearly a second over Frenchmen Kevin Sireau.

Gina Grain of Victoria, BC, placed 12th in the women’s points race 20km final, with points earned at the fifth sprint out of ten. Italy’s Giorgia Bronzini won, followed by Cuba’s Yoanka Gonzalez Perez in second and and Russia’s Yulia Arustamova in third. This brief afternoon session women’s points race result was added – a second report will follow.

Results

Men’s 4000m Individual Pursuit
Qualifying

1 Robert Hayles (GBr) 4.23.03 (54.746 km/h)
2 Robert Bartko (Ger) 4.26.38
3 Alexander Serov (Rus) 4.26.92
4 Paul Manning (GBr) 4.27.13
5 Jens Mouris (Ned) 4.27.89
6 David Muntaner Juaneda (Spa) 4.29.84
7 Vitaliy Shchedov (Ukr) 4.31.72
8 David O’loughlin (Irl) 4.32.21
9 Zach Bell (Can) 4.32.94
10 Maksym Polischuk (Ukr) 4.33.11
11 Tom Zirbel (USA) 4.33.76
12 Ingmar De Poortere (Bel) 4.34.32
13 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) 4.34.33
14 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) 4.35.72
15 Marc Ryan (NZl) 4.35.87
16 Alex Rasmussen (Den) 4.37.17
17 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) 4.38.41
18 Aliaksandr Lisovski (Blr) 4.39.40
19 Matti Pajari (Fin) 4.49.18
20 Ho Ting Kwok (HKg) 4.53.03
21 Elchin Asadov (Aze) 5.29.85

Kilo

1 Michael Seidenbecher (GER) 1:02.853
2 Kévin Sireau (FRA) 1:03.720
3 Yevgen Bolibrukh (UKR) 1:04.551
4 Seiichiro Nakagawa (JPN) 1:04.629
5 Marco Brossa (ITA) 1:05.444
6 Kostantinos Troulinos (GRE) 1:06.389
7 Matej Slivovsky (SVK) 1:06.407
8 Azizul Hasni Awang (MAS) 1:06.606
9 Wilson Meses Gutierrez (COL) 1:08.355
10 Ruslan Mustafayev (AZE) 1:15.854



Women’s Sprint
Qualifying

1 Lizandra Guerra (Cub) 0.10.84 (66.414 km/h)
2 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Blr) 0.10.98
3 Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) 0.11.02
4 Victoria Pendleton (GBr) 0.11.04
5 Dana Gloss (Ger) 0.11.06
5 Daniela Larreal (Ven) 0.11.10
6 Svetlana Grankovskaia (Mos) 0.11.10
7 Lubov Shulyka (Ukr) 0.11.15
8 Willy Kanis (Ned) 0.11.21
9 Anna Blyth (GBr) 0.11.26
10 Tamilia Abassova (Rus) 0.11.29
11 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned) 0.11.30
12 Christin Muche (Ger) 0.11.31
13 Virginie Cueff (Fra) 0.11.33
14 Oksana Grishina (Rus) 0.11.50
15 Sandie Clair (Fra) 0.11.54
16 Magdalena Sara (Pol) 0.11.62
17 Na Li (Chn) 0.11.76
18 Lenka Valova (Cze) 0.11.91
19 Renata Dabrowska (Pol) 0.12.56
DNS Jinjie Gong (Chn)
DNS Elisa Frisoni (Ita)

Semifinal

Heat 1

1 Lizandra Guerra (Cub) 0.12.13
2 Sandie Clair (Fra)

Heat 2

1 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Blr) 0.12.16
2 Oksana Grishina (Rus)

Heat 3

1 Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) 0.11.81
2 Virginie Cueff (Fra)

Heat 4

1 Victoria Pendleton (GBr) 0.11.91
2 Christin Muche (Ger)

Heat 5

1 Dana Gloss (Ger) 0.11.97
2 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned)

Heat 6

1 Daniela Larreal (Ven) 0.12.17
2 Tamilia Abassova (Rus)

Heat 7

1 Svetlana Grankovskaia (Rus) 0.12.24
2 Anna Blyth (GBr)

Heat 8

1 Willy Kanis (Ned) 0.12.01
2 Lubov Shulyka (Ukr)

Quarterfinals B 9th-16th

Heat 1

1 Sandie Clair (Fra) 0.12.27
2 Lubov Shulyka (Ukr)

Heat 2

1 Anna Blyth (GBr) 0.12.33
2 Oksana Grishina (Rus)

Heat 3

1 Tamilia Abassova (Rus) 0.11.90
2 Virginie Cueff (Fra)

Heat 4

1 Christin Muche (Ger) 0.11.78
2 Yvonne Hijgenaar (Ned)


Semifinals B

Heat 1

1 Christin Muche (Ger) 0.12.22
2 Sandie Clair (Fra)

Heat 2

1 Anna Blyth (GBr) 0.12.33
2 Tamilia Abassova (Rus)

Finals B – 9th-12th

Heat 1

9 Christin Muche (Ger) 0.12.35
10 Anna Blyth (GBr)

Heat 2

11 Tamilia Abassova (Rus) 0.12.50
12 Sandie Clair (Fra)

Quarterfinal – 1st-8th

Heat 1
1 Lizandra Guerra (Cub) 0.11.73
2 Willy Kanis (Ned)

Heat 2
1 Natallia Tsylinskaya (Blr) 0.11.79
2 Svetlana Grankovskaia (Rus)

Heat 3
1 Simona Krupeckaite (Ltu) 0.11.77
2 Daniela Larreal (Ven)

Heat 4
1 Dana Gloss (Ger) 0.11.97
2 Victoria Pendleton (GBr)

Final 5th-8th

5 Daniela Larreal (Ven) 0.12.20
6 Svetlana Grankovskaia (Rus)
7 Victoria Pendleton (GBr)
8 Willy Kanis (Ned)
Men’s Keirin
Round 1

Heat 1

1 Mickaël Bourgain (Fra)
2 Mark French (Aus)
3 Andrei Vynokurov (Ukr)
4 Peter Bazalik (Svk)
5 Yury Karzhenevski (Blr)
6 Hin Leung Szeto (HKg)

Heat 2

1 Christos Volikakis (Gre)
2 Maximilian Levy (Ger)
3 Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Pol)
4 Adam Ptacnik (Cze)
5 Toshiaki Fushimi (Jpn)
6 Elchin Asadov (Aze)
REL Teun Mulder (Ned)

Heat 3

1 Matthew Crampton (GBr)
2 Ricardo Lynch (Jam)
3 Sergey Borisov (Rus)
4 Kasper Jessen (Den)
5 Mohd Faisal Mohd Nor (Mas)
6 Benjamin Barczewski (USA)
7 José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spa)

Repechage Round 1

Heat 1

1 Andrei Vynokurov (Ukr)
2 Teun Mulder (Ned)
3 Toshiaki Fushimi (Jpn)
4 Kasper Jessen (Den)
5 Adam Ptacnik (Cze)
6 Benjamin Barczewski (USA)
7 Hin Leung Szeto (HKg)

Heat 2

1 Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Pol)
2 Yury Karzhenevski (Blr)
3 Peter Bazalik (Svk)
4 José Antonio Escuredo Raimondez (Spa)
5 Sergey Borisov (Rus)
6 Mohd Faisal Mohd Nor (Mas)
7 Elchin Asadov (Aze)